In French culture, salad is eaten after the main meal, as a sort of palate cleanser before the dessert or cheese (or both) comes out. In America, we’ve been known to reverse that entirely, starting a meal off with our greens, and following with the larger, more substantial main. Like French recipes, is this a tradition that we’d like to borrow as well? Let us know in the comments: when do you eat your salad?

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I have a thing for most foods topped with a fried egg, a strange disdain for overly soupy tomato sauce, and I can never make it home without ripping off the end of a newly-bought baguette. I like spoons very much.

After, always, when it isn't the main dish (which is happening a lot as we move into summer). When it's just the family eating, I toss the salad immediately before we start the main dish. This way, the dressing soaks up juices from the salad ingredients, and to soften the greens a bit. ;o)